This is Alex’s book and the last in the series. Alex had lost his boyfriend of a few months about three months ago in a car accident. He was having a hard time adjusting being single. I don’t think it was because he loved the boyfriend, but loved the idea of having a future with someone. He has a straight a roommate, Ian.

Ian goes out almost every night and never sleeps with one woman twice. He was raised in foster care and Ian is like family to him. Ian went to the doctor for a checkup and is diagnosed with testicular cancer. The only person he has to lean on is Alex. He had surgery and a brutal round of chemo in which Alex helps him through. Once he starts feeling better, he shocks himself by kissing Alex. Things start to get heated and he and Alex decide to go to Hawaii for two weeks. Things progress with their relationship and he agrees they will be exclusive. If he feels he wants a woman, they agreed to bring her into their bed.

GFY is not a trope that a lot of people like. I’m the odd man out. So, I was looking forward to reading this book. I was disappointed. I didn’t feel a heavy connection between Alex and Ian. There were sex scenes sprinkled here and there, but did not quite make it to the point of moving the story along or making these two MCs feel closer. There were all the characters from the other books sprinkled here and there, but it takes away from these characters instead of being an addition to the story. The book felt rushed. For example, the fact that Alex’s boyfriend was just killed 3 months prior would make me feel the story is rushed. I got a feeling that the author was in a rush to just wrap the series up instead of getting a killer story to wrap the series up.

Ninety- two days. Thirteen weeks. That’s how long it’s been since I lost my love, my best friend. It’s been everything I can do to drag myself out of bed and get back to work, but I know Cooper would want me to move on. I think he’d even be happy if he knew who I want to move on with. The target of my affection, though, may not be so thrilled about my choice. He’s straight. Or he thinks he is. A womanizer of the worst kind with a face and body that keeps a steady stream of willing women at his door, he seems happy to work his way through the entire female population. But there’s no mistaking the way he looks at me when he thinks I’m not paying attention. One way or another, I’ll show him what he really wants.

This is book four of The Striking Back Series, but can also be read as a standalone novel.